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APAT European Amateur Team Championship
APAT:
--- Quote from: Jon MW on August 05, 2008, 17:02:47 PM ---
--- Quote from: xxMAIRxx on August 05, 2008, 16:55:51 PM ---
Well unfortunately for me, the UK Forum Championship was a non-ranking event and although I won it, I dont get ranking points for the leaderboard.
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I think this is a good example of where the team captains can use a bit of judgment. Some people might be known to be good, but not scored highly in the National Championships.
I think this organisation of choosing the teams is much better than just going by the rankings, it enables the captains to look at the bigger picture rather than just APAT. Being a captain in this tournament is much more than just a honorary title, the judgment of the captains could have a real bearing on the tournament result.
I think it"s unlikely that anybody will get picked just for being friends with a team captain - this kind of thinking seriously underestimates the will to win of just about anybody who takes part in APAT tournaments. I"m extremely confident that whatever the nitty gritty details of how the teams get chosen the underlying concept that all of the team captains will have in mind will be -who are the best people to make us the most likely to win.
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That"s right. I would expect the UK based captains to be non playing, giving them a sole focus of getting their team selection and tactics right. Therefore APAT hopefully, should not be picking any players.
billyho10:
--- Quote from: Kinboshi on August 05, 2008, 17:09:11 PM ---
Exactly Jon.
Why would someone pick a team of mates, if it meant they"d lose. Imagine the embarrassment of losing to the Scots for example - can"t think of anything worse!
;)
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Oh Dan, you have just opened a can of woop ass on urself for that comment! Ur now in Billyho"s bad book, people will soon be askin "whatever happened to daniel? i aint seen him at an APAT event in ages".....muwahahahahaha.......;)
kinboshi:
APAT:
Update:
The French, Hungarian and German teams are now confirmed entries.
Dewi James has accepted the post of non playing Captain of the Welsh team. Dewi will be formulating his selection and strategy ideas over the coming weeks and a thread will be started to allow potential Welsh team members to highlight their interest in participating to Dewi.
Dewi_cool:
--- Quote from: APAT on August 07, 2008, 11:01:20 AM ---
Update:
The French, Hungarian and German teams are now confirmed entries.
Dewi James has accepted the post of non playing Captain of the Welsh team. Dewi will be formulating his selection and strategy ideas over the coming weeks and a thread will be started to allow potential Welsh team members to highlight their interest in participating to Dewi.
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Thanks Des,
Will start that thread over the next couple of days, all you welsh lads and lasses get your cv"s ready ;)
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